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Fisher has raised just $6 million this cycle — less than half of Portman’s total takeaway.

For Fisher the question is what — if anything — he can do to make up for the cash disparity. In late September, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported that he was considering letting go of 10 staff members to free up campaign cash.

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House Bomb-Throwers

If third-quarter fundraising reports are any indication, it pays to be controversial.

Bachmann, the controversial Minnesota conservative and Fox News favorite who founded the House Tea Party Caucus, raised an astonishing $5.4 million during the third quarter — bringing her to over $9.5 million raised over the course of the cycle. Bachmann’s smash-mouth, partisan style plowed plenty of cash toward Democratic opponent Tarryl Clark, who raked in over $1.4 million and has now raised just short of $4 million total.

Florida Republican Allen West, the Sarah Palin-backed challenger who has emerged as a tea party favorite for his unapologetically conservative style, brought in more than $1.1 million and has now raised more than $5.1 million in his race against Democratic Rep. Ron Klein.

It’s not just conservatives who are banking large sums. Florida Rep. Alan Grayson, the freshman liberal who frequently takes to the cable TV airwaves to slam conservative figures, collected more than $967,000 — his highest quarterly total — and his now raked in over $3.8 million.

Close Races at Parity

Several of the closest Senate races feature opponents who have nearly the same size bank accounts — promising for two weeks of evenly matched drama.

In Colorado, Republican Ken Buck heads into the final weeks of the race with $1.1 million in the bank while Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet has $1 million. It’s a similar scenario in Nevada, where Angle and Reid are deadlocked at $4 million.

But in both states it’s the outside groups who just might give Republicans the edge. Buck has enjoyed air support from groups ranging from American Crossroads to Americans for Job Security to the Jim DeMint-founded Senate Conservatives Fund. Angle has back-up from a slate of groups including American Crossroads and Club for Growth.

Simple: People are trying to save their country from the Marxist Obama and the rubber stamp dems anyway they can.

They are getting involved, they are sending money...things many have never done. They understand the reckless spending, the government takeovers, the unrelenting business/job killing regulations, the tax and spend policies, and so on, will be the death of America.

We cannot afford another two years of their failed socialist policies.

They need more money so they can run an endless stream of commercials discussing old tax liens, divorce filings and whether or not their opponent had a ouija board when they were 16 years old.

It's just plain sad, it's like watching them re-arrange the deck chairs on the titanic.

People look at the 13,000,000,000,000 debt figure and can't fathom that the democrats say they haven't spent enough. It's common sense that if you're digging a hole and want to get out, the first thing you do is stop digging.

Yet concerned as people are, all we get from the Democrats is insult, invective and innuendo as they swim about in the sewer. And they really wonder why they're losing so horribly?

People look at the 13,000,000,000,000 debt figure and can't fathom that the democrats say they haven't spent enough. It's common sense that if you're digging a hole and want to get out, the first thing you do is stop digging.

The problem is no one has felt the sting of this kind of debt.

And when felt, it will be too late.

The bankrupting of this country by Congress is becoming a national security issue.

In fact many will consider this debt an act of treason if Congress cannot uphold their constitutional duty of maintaining a military.

Simple: People are trying to save their country from the Marxist Obama and the rubber stamp dems anyway they can.

They are getting involved, they are sending money...things many have never done. They understand the reckless spending, the government takeovers, the unrelenting business/job killing regulations, the tax and spend policies, and so on, will be the death of America.

We cannot afford another two years of their failed socialist policies.

See you at the polls...

You're a fool, it's the super rich that are giving money to the Republicans in record numbers, not the average American.

If you don't like socialism, then your kind need to provide alternative than a return to corrupt and incompetent Republicans. The fact you're content with such a proven lousy option and think that America can't do any better proves your total lack of patriotism.

I keep reading about all the money Obama, Biden, and Michelle are raising on fundraisers. Where is all that money going? And just a few days ago, the Dems were crowing because they had taken in millions more than the Repubs. Where is all that money going? Something does not add up here. If they lose control of Congress, are they planning to say "we were outspent" as the reason they lost, instead of the truth that people are angry about how things are going?

I keep reading about all the money Obama, Biden, and Michelle are raising on fundraisers. Where is all that money going? And just a few days ago, the Dems were crowing because they had taken in millions more than the Repubs. Where is all that money going? Something does not add up here. If they lose control of Congress, are they planning to say "we were outspent" as the reason they lost, instead of the truth that people are angry about how things are going?

I keep reading about all the money Obama, Biden, and Michelle are raising on fundraisers. Where is all that money going? And just a few days ago, the Dems were crowing because they had taken in millions more than the Repubs. Where is all that money going? Something does not add up here. If they lose control of Congress, are they planning to say "we were outspent" as the reason they lost, instead of the truth that people are angry about how things are going?

I agree with you here.

Lots of the problem is they followed the Rahm Emanual playbook of trying to appease the lobbyists and Republicans, instead of doing what's best for America and expose those that are in the way of the reform that this nation badly needs.

Republicans need to raise more money for personal attack commercials, for they are bankrupt when it comes to new, good ideas. Their only ideas are the old, failed policies of Reagan and Bush/Cheney: deregulation plus lax oversight (creating corporate lawlessness) plus channeling most tax dollars to the richest individual and corporations plus cross one's fingers that some crumbs will trickle down to the masses of unemployed equals the Republican formula. Republicans also need more money to attack the good ideas and laws Democrats have advanced and passed. It takes a lot of money to turn things obviously good into things that seem "bad." Here's hoping greedy and selfish corporate America does not successfully buy this election.

Politico is paid off with some of that foreign Money. The corporate media has bought all the press so they can push deregulations of unsafe business down American throats. What roles are the Axis of evil promised in vain? Dems 2010! America's only working party! They stands to gain 100 seats or more inspite of all this "Blood Money" Dems all the way!

You're a fool, it's the super rich that are giving money to the Republicans in record numbers, not the average American.

Ever heard of Gearge Soros, the unions who want pension bailouts, but seem to have hundreds of millions to throw at democrat candidates? Even wall street sent more money to Obama/democrats in 2008 than the republicans. So stop drinking the cool aid and think without your talking points...

But hey! You can send your money to whomever you want. Most Americans get it